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RICHARD HENRY HOUSH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1933 – March 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Henry Housh, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 36
- SAMUEL BURNELL HUBBARDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- PERRY DEAN JAMESLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND KELLY IIICorporal · March 24, 1967
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.